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Poverty, Labour Markets and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sparrow, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We measure the effects of trade liberalization over the period of 1993-2002 on regional poverty levels in 259 … four three-year periods. We find that poverty reduced more in regions that were more strongly exposed to import tariff … increasing firm competitiveness as a driving factor behind the beneficial poverty effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884152
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Child Labor and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sparrow, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies geographical differences in the effects of trade policy through district level exposure to reduction in import tariff barriers. We use a balanced panel of 261 districts, based on four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103269
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The Impact of Colombia's Pension and Health Insurance Systems on Informality
Calderón-Mejía, Valentina; Marinescu, Ioana E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Social protection systems in developing countries are typically composed of a bundle of benefits, the major ones being health insurance and pensions. Benefit bundling may increase informality and decrease welfare. Indeed, if some of the benefits are valued at substantially less than their cost,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539169
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Conflict and its Impact on Educational Accumulation and Enrollment in Colombia: What We Can Learn from Recent IDPs
Wharton, Kate; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Forty years of low-intensity internal armed conflict has made Colombia home to the world's second largest population of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283577
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Persistent Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Nutrition and Schooling: Evidence from the 1999 Colombian Earthquake
Bustelo, Monserrat; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
collected one and six years after the earthquake. Colombia provides a unique setting for our study because the government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649818
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Nopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560400
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Does More Mean Better? Sibling Sex Composition and the Link between Family Size and Children’s Quality
Baez, Javier E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
the household or the outcomes of these investments. Results using data from Colombia suggest that family size has negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822922
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Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior
Baez, Javier E.; Camacho, Adriana; Conover, Emily; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Acción (FA … mechanisms, as the laws recently passed by the Colombian government, that avoid successful anti-poverty schemes from being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575749
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The Evolution of Rotation Group Bias: Will the Real Unemployment Rate Please Stand Up?
Krueger, Alan B.; Mas, Alexandre; Niu, Xiaotong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper documents that rotation group bias – the tendency for labor force statistics to vary systematically by month in sample in labor force surveys – in the Current Population Survey (CPS) has worsened considerably over time. The estimated unemployment rate for earlier rotation groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959585
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Empirical Approaches to Inequality of Opportunity: Principles, Measures, and Evidence
Ramos, Xavi; Van de gaer, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We put together the different conceptual issues involved in measuring inequality of opportunity, discuss how these concepts have been translated into computable measures, and point out the problems and choices researchers face when implementing these measures. Our analysis identifies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555240